We say that people who bleach their skin to be lighter are self hating or ethnicity hating but we don't judge as much those who tan their skin. what is the difference?
Skin bleaching vs tanning. Why the double standard?
Tan skin was originally seen as a sign of being poor, only tan people were outside workers while those that weren't tanned were rich. Now it is seen as a sign of vitality. Skin bleaching is entirely different. A lot of cultures that have practicing skin bleaching do so because of beauty standards that are unrealistic. To put things in perspective, woman all over the globe are willing to risk their health and safety to look a little less “black” and a lot more “white.” Both tanning and skin bleaching in excess can be harmful. Too much sun can cause permanent skin damage Melanoma or other diseases. Skin bleaching creams cause blood and skin cancer. They also lead to skin burns, other various forms of skin damage, and ochronosis.
if 77% of women in a country are ruining their skin because there is a general believe whiteness isn't beautiful, the idea that darker skinned white people have it easier with dating and life in general. To top that up. Your sisters start getting hair from West Africa and cover their own hair their entire life. its not equivalent to skin bleaching.
I think artificial tanning is just as dumb. It's pretty much in the same boat as bleaching for me. It's one thing to go outside and get tan from the sun, but I've found that people that tan artificially do it obsessively and because they dislike being pale. Which is the same reason why people bleach. So yeah, same boat for me. Tanning is praised in the media and trendy, that's why it doesn't get a negative connotation.
'Cause it's okay if white people hate their ethnicity. Everybody else hates their whiteness too. That's just how our society thinks these days. It doesn't make sense, but nobody cares about sense or logic. Also, the woman on the bottom picture needs to get her shit together and not wear the same foundation she used to after that amount of tanning cuz it looks totally fucked, like damn, girl.
I guess the difference is that you can get a tan naturally and some people tan even if they don't want to, but skin bleaching is not done naturally. I don't really care what people do with their skin, if it makes them feel better about themselves, but I guess that's one of the biggest differences.
Eh, that is a fairly good point, but I have to argue that it most likely isn't the case since people have been using natural skin lightening ingredients and methods for hundreds of years.
I'm sorry, I phrased that badly. I meant that you can get a tan without doing anything about it, while getting a bleach you will always have to take action. For example I'd love to stay pale all year round, but I still get a tan every summer, because staying inside all the time isn't much fun. But I still don't think people need to be judged if they want to alter their skin color.
What natural ingredients are there for skin bleaching. That sounds like misinformation. If there was such it will dominante the market or it is to expensive that common people don't see it. No such thing as natural skin bleaching products.
@BlackMaleYou There are. Rice powder has been an especially popular one in China and Japan throughout the years, particularly with nobles since light skin in such regions was associated with nobility. Things like kojic acid and arbutin have also been in use for skin lightening purposes for a very long time.
@BlackMaleYou You basically mix it up with some milk and honey, apply it, let it stay on for a bit, and wash it off. No immediate results, much like anything, and you need to do it continuously in order to see results. It isn't permanent, you can of course go out in the sun and get a tan even if you've used this method. There are no negative "side effects" to speak of since there are no harsh or harmful ingredients in it, you're literally just putting foodstuffs on your skin.
The rice powder thing is much more of sun screen than a skin bleaching product. The only thing that makes it a skin lightening product is that it inhibits the production of melanin. And there are risks of over using the rice powder skin lighting. it is skin lightening not a skin bleaching product.
@BlackMaleYou Aesthetic purposes? I mean, I'm a very pale person and I used to absolutely hate my skin, wanted to be "tan and gorgeous" like the very portrait of the American woman, so if you're saying the reasons for both methods of modifying skin tone isn't some kind of hatred and insecurity, I don't know what to tell you, cuz they both are.
You have no idea how some men. Mostly black men love that snow body. It's beautiful. U trust me. You might have tried to change ur skin but u didn't try to get hair from West Africa and no one ever gets to see ur real hair. There are countries where 77% of women bleach their skin. Black women are trying to suit the preference that originate from white people. It's never been a thing in Africa before European and American slavery and colonization for black people to not like themselves. If 77% of white women in a country were tanning, white people will confront the situation more. Artificial tan looks funny as fuck
I think it would have to do with the process. Tanning is more natural, you get a tan from sunbathing. Obviously you can use a tanning bed or lotion but that is usually frowned upon where as skin bleaching, which I don't know much about but it sounds like a chemical process.
People are never content with what they have. If their skin is light they want it tan, if their skin is dark they want it pale. It’s like this with everything.
The ego would be "fragile" to if 77% of women in a country are ruining their skin because there is a general believe whiteness isn't beautiful, the idea that darker skinned white people have it easier with dating and life in general. To top that up. Your sisters start getting hair from West Africa and cover their own hair their entire life.
That's if u are the one who gets to say who is inferior and who is not. Your line of thinking can only come from someone with mental defects from being born of incest. What's inferior is ur inability to deal well with reality. Maybe one day there will be a cure for u so that you can be normal like everyone else.
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